As you may or may not already know, incandescent light bulbs are banned after January 1 and, as I understand it, after then and after existing stock on store shelves are gone, there will be no more (at least of most watt ratings). The trouble being that all tubes are considered incandescent bulbs. I don't know how much longer after that it will be before even imported tubes are banned (or even if), but, presumably, all brand-new, domestic tubes, at the very least, will be banned from sale in the U.S after Jan. 1. If you are considering buying any such tubes, right now may be your last shot through your regular sources anyway, so stock up. I'm supposing that as available supplies begin to dry up, well, you know what will happen to their prices... But, we should all be made aware of the way things, at this point, seem to be shaping up. (I know, merry Christmas and a happy new year, right?).

Audio tubes are not considered light bulbs as far as I know. If they were part of the ban then anything under 40 watts would still be ok.

I have seen nothing online that mentions audio tubes in the ban. The reason for the ban is to force people to use more efficient bulbs. In the case of audio tubes there are no other alternative bulbs to use. It would not make sense to ban the tubes themselves.

If tube based equipment was more popular I could see them trying to ban it, but it is just a blip on the radar, and not worth their time to worry about.

Incandescent bulbs can still be bought. Even 100watt types.. all you have to do is look for 'heavy duty/long life.. types. They can still be sold and are. Same will be true for 60 watt bulbs..The op is getting hysterial.

Never the less I stocked up on 100 watt incandescents.. Ihave a lifetime supply hoarded. LOL(Wish I could saythe same for all types of Audio tubes...)